Jimmy Carter says he’d go to North Korea for President Trump

Former president Jimmy Carter, 93, said in an interview with the New York Times that he’d be willing to go to North Korea on a diplomatic mission. He continued by recognizing that he’s “afraid” of the situation with President Trump and the escalating tensions over nuclear weapons.

Carter has traveled to Pyongyang to meet with North Korea’s leaders in the past. In the interview, he conveys a message of concern about the current state of the U.S. and the North’s relationship.

“I don’t know what they’ll do,” he responded when asked about North Korea. “They want to save their regime. And we greatly overestimate China’s influence on North Korea. Particularly to Kim Jong-un. He’s never, so far as I know, been to China.”

Carter revealed that he offered his help to Trump’s national security adviser, H. R. McMaster, but, so far has not been asked to be involved.

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